I haven't posted in awhile - mostly just lurk and learn from others, but now I have an issue where I could use some help. Marshmallow is losing fur around one eye. Other than this she is acting completely normal - eating, drinking, pooping. Here eye is not at all crusty and she has not lost...

Lily is showing signs of mites: I bought ivermectin pour on and have a needleless syringe I confirmed the current weight of my pigs: Lily - 1.261kg *.2 = .2522 ivermectin Marshmallow - 1.251kg *.2 = .2505 ivermectin I give this dose once a week for three weeks and I clean the cage with...

I'd wait it out. It's only another couple of weeks to know for sure. And if your pig is pregnant and you hope for a baby boy, your boy will be waiting that much longer for a friend, so I see no downside.

Just to update, I spoke to the vet today and she said that giving the Reglan for several weeks is not a problem, but she did say that if she's doing really well to try discontinuing it. I didn't give any at dinner today, and I'll see what happens if I skip tomorrow. I've been weighing daily...

Yes, @pinky - I've been to Dr. Wallach at Danada twice for this issue. I was initially concerned because there really has been no diagnosis other than to rule out teeth issues, bloat and anything else that you can eliminate based upon a physical exam. Thankfully, treating the symptoms seems...

Melissa123 That's encouraging - thanks for your post! The dosing instructions are a little loosey-goosey because it says to give it once or twice a day, so it's kind of half the recommended dose, but kind of not. Who knows? I'm just thrilled that it's taken away what we can only assume to be...

Thanks again bpatters. I'll call the vet on Monday (yes, it came as a prescription from the vet). The only thing she said in office was to stop if she got diarrhea, no mention at all of timing; I thought it was odd that the directives didn't give a time frame so I'm hoping the answer will be...

This is more of a general question, but I didn't want to start another thread since this is a question about the same pig. How long can you give a guinea pig Reglan? My bottle has no instructions, just a dose that says "give .3ml once or twice a day". She started on 7/30 and she was doing...

thanks for the advice bpatters. I'm going to keep an eye on both of them and will substitute out the hideys if she starts to lay there a lot. I can't believe Marshmallow would try to usurp the top spot so quickly (although it is nice to see her out in the open so much); talk about kicking...

So, I think Fluff is getting better. The reglan seems to help her appetite and she's eating much more than usual. She went from a low of 1055 grams to her current 1080. She has stopped drooling as well. But, she's still pretty quiet, spending a lot of time in her house, so I am only...

We're back from the vet. She re-examined her teeth (quote: "they look perfect, no issues at all"), so she took an x ray. The x ray didn't reflect any issues with her teeth either. Even the vet admitted that Fluff's situation is a little puzzling. She said that drooling makes her immediately...

What is the treatment of an abscess/elongated root? Is it dangerous to treat? What is the prognosis when treated, do you know?

This is a picture I snapped about 15 minutes ago. She was eating pellets (yea!), but you can see how her chest is just absolutely soaking wet.

Fluff is headed back to the vet tomorrow. As I told the vet today, she is surviving, but she is not thriving. She is drooling terribly, which to me says that there is a dental issue, but the vet looked at her teeth and said they were fine. She's eating some, but not robustly and still...

Fluff is definitely on the mend. I think the fluids/vitamin treatment did exactly what it was supposed to do. Within hours she had a brighter look in her eye, was leaving the hidey, drinking some water and nibbling on hay. This morning, she ate some breakfast - not as fast as usual, but she...

Back from the vet. Of course 20 minutes before we left she ate a few pellets and some hay, but I kept the appointment because it was still so much less than usual. Her teeth got a clean bill of health. I didn't see your note on the x rays - she did not get those, but she took a very good...

Definitely not weighed the same time. I generally weigh on Sunday mornings, but I weighed her last night around 11:00pm. I didn't think it was a huge amount, but it is a little lower. Yesterday, her poops looked the same as the other pig's, just pinched. But I shake out the fleece in the...

Yes. She was 1194 grams on 7/15. Last night she was 1155.

One of our pigs is sick. It just started yesterday evening. Yesterday morning, she ate with gusto. Yesterday evening, she barely ate. And this morning, the pellet bowl still had pellets in it and the hay rack was half full, so she's headed to the doctor today at 3:40. She doesn't have any...

It absolutely is possible to be allergic to guinea pigs. I was talking to an old high school friend who is a vet and he said they have one vet who is so highly allergic (anaphalaxis - so very serious) to gp's that the clinic can only see gp's on his day off.